General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 151D Health, Welfare and Retirement Funds
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 151D, Section 1
The following words and phrases as used in this chapter shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: “Accrued portion of normal...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Registration of trusts, funds or plans; form, etc.; approval; filing; time; proceedings; venue; violations; penalties - Chapter 151D, Section 2
The trustees or plan administrators of all trusts, funds, pension plans, combination plans or profit-sharing retirement plans, which provide benefits for participants within the commonwealth,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report or other reports by trustees or plan administrators; exemptions; information required; form; filing; time; powers of board; conflicts of interest; restrictions; violations; penalties; proceedings; service of process on nonresidents - Chapter 151D, Section 3
(a) The trustees or plan administrator required to register under section two shall file an annual report with the board within five months after the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Periodic review of registered pension plans; exceptions; report - Chapter 151D, Section 3A
The plan administrator or trustee of a registered pension plan except plans with less than twenty-six participants or pension plans or profit-sharing retirement plans funded...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reimbursement for visual services - Chapter 151D, Section 4
Notwithstanding any provision of any contract or agreement entered into by the trustee or plan administrator of any fund authorized under this chapter, whenever such...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Fees; registration of trust or fund; filing annual reports - Chapter 151D, Section 5
The fee for registering a trust or fund under the provisions of section two and the fee for filing annual reports with the board shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Embezzlement or misappropriation of trust funds; fraud; penalties - Chapter 151D, Section 6
Any trustee, plan administrator, official, employee or other person who is convicted of embezzling or misappropriating trust funds or funds, securities or other property entrusted...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Application of chapter; exceptions - Chapter 151D, Section 7
The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to workers’ compensation or plans established or maintained for the benefit of self-employed individuals or owner-employees as...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Waiver of compliance with requirements of this chapter; application; form; revocation; judicial review - Chapter 151D, Section 8
Where a trust or fund, or its trustees or plan administrator are subject to and comply with the requirements of the law of any other...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Waiver of requirement for statutory vested benefits; procedures - Chapter 151D, Section 9
In addition to the waiver provisions authorized by section eight, the board, upon the advice and recommendation of the advisory committee, created by section seventeen,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Compliance with other applicable laws by trustees or plan administrators - Chapter 151D, Section 10
Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve the trustee or plan administrator of any trust or fund from compliance with any provisions of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Additional penalties for failure to pay contributions or benefits; venue for complaints - Chapter 151D, Section 11
In addition to any other penalty of punishment otherwise prescribed by law any person or employee, and the president, secretary, and treasurer, or officers exercising...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Bond of trustee or plan administrator; waiver; failure to file certification thereof; penalty - Chapter 151D, Section 12
(a) Every trustee or plan administrator subject to the provisions of this chapter, who is responsible for or who is delegated to be responsible for...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Statutory vested benefits; requirement; standards - Chapter 151D, Section 13
All plans filed for registration under this chapter with twenty-five or more participants shall provide a statutory vested benefit. Any trust or fund which subsequent...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Termination of pension plan or profit-sharing retirement plan; allocation of benefits and vesting of interests; insurance; notices - Chapter 151D, Section 14
In the absence of an acceptable method of termination of a pension plan benefits will be allocated to participants and their beneficiaries in the following...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Violations by trustee or plan administrator; injunctive relief - Chapter 151D, Section 15
The attorney general may at the request of the board, maintain and prosecute an action against a trustee or plan administrator subject to this chapter...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Investments and management - Chapter 151D, Section 16
Trustees shall invest the funds of their pension plans and profit-sharing retirement plans and manage said affairs in accordance with the provisions contained in the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec. 29 - Chapter 151D, Section 17
Repealed, 1996, 58, Sec.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Severability - Chapter 151D, Section 18
If any provision of this chapter as the application of such provision of any person or circumstance is held invalid or is pre-empted by federal...
Last modified: September 11, 2015